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February 1, 2023 | Update

Arctic Oil Project Advances as Biden Administration Says Yes to Carbon Bomb

The administration is one step closer to green-lighting the massive Willow Arctic oil drilling project, which would threaten the climate and the Western Arctic.

February 1, 2023 | Press Release

Earthjustice Responds to Biden Administration Decision Advancing ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project

Oil-and-gas drilling plan would transform irreplaceable Arctic ecosystem into a carbon bomb

January 31, 2023 | Feature

Alaska’s Bristol Bay & The Pebble Mine

An open-pit mine threatened one of the last places on Earth where wild salmon still thrive. We will protect Bristol Bay, one of our world's surviving great ecosystems.

January 31, 2023 | Update

A Huge Win for Alaska’s Salmon: EPA Says No to Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay

The decision is an important step in preserving Bristol Bay and its residents’ way of life.

January 31, 2023 | Press Release: Victory

EPA Issues Landmark Clean Water Act Decision Protecting Bristol Bay Watershed from Pebble Mine

EPA decision protects Bristol Bay waters from becoming a dumping ground for mine waste; effectively rebuffing the threat of Pebble Mine

January 31, 2023 | Report

Final Determination of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska

On January 30, 2023, EPA issued a Final Determination under its Clean Water Act Section 404(c) authority to help protect the most productive wild salmon ecosystem in the world.

January 25, 2023 | Explainer

This Dreamy Alaskan Rainforest is a Buffer Against Climate Change

Thanks to collective advocacy, 9 million acres of Tongass National Forest are no longer threatened by new clear-cut logging

January 25, 2023 | Feature

Defending America’s Climate Forest

Earthjustice is defending the Tongass National Forest, a key weapon in fighting climate change

January 25, 2023 | Press Release

U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest

The National Roadless Rule was rolled back for America’s last great rainforest by the Trump administration, threatening millions of acres of undeveloped national forest lands

December 21, 2022 | Legal Document

Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258

National and community-based environmental groups filed a legal challenge to stop the Department of Interior’s lease sale in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Lease Sale 258, scheduled for Dec. 30, 2022, would auction off nearly a million acres of federal waters in Southcentral Alaska, opening the door to decades of future oil-and-gas drilling.

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